Matt Kaye was born in 1975 inMaribor,Slovenia (EU). He holds a master's degree in comparative literature from the Faculty of Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia.[citation needed] He published his first book in 1988 and started combining poetry and music into a singer-songwriter routine in 1992.[1] Between 1998 and 2017 he recorded over 100 albums for various labels in Slovenia and Croatia, participated in nearly every important literary-music festival in Slovenia, worked for Slovenian national radio and other media as a musical connoisseur, and wrote/translated around 70 books as a member of Slovenia's National Writers' Association, PEN Association and National Literary Translators Association. He has written several monographs, including a book on the works ofJohnny Cash,Elvis Presley,The Beatles and Slovenian singersOto Pestner andLado Leskovar. He has translated poems and wrote professional articles onAlexander Pope,Bob Dylan,Leonard Cohen,Tom Waits,Bruce Springsteen,Kris Kristofferson and many others.[2] He writes musical/literary reviews and articles for many newspapers and reviews in Slovenia, includingDelo (Književni listi), Odzven, Nova muska, Glasna, and Literatura.[3]He is known to playFender Telecaster andStratocaster guitars,Rickenbacker 620 Maple Glo guitar, aMartin USA 12-string acoustic and several otherFender andGibson electric and acoustic guitars.[4]
SINGLES:
The Harm, single, Feb. 2018
But/Toy Balloons, single, Mar. 2018
Cerebral Palsy Blues/Snowball Jesus Westenra, single, May 18
I Came From Memphis, Jun. 2018
Dreams (The Cranberries cover), Aug. 2018
EPs:
Widgets, Or Else, Feb. 18
Four Square Meters, Jul. 18
Rock'n'Roll, Aug. 18
The Spring Connection Suite, Mar. 20
ALBUMS:
Unarranged, Kvakas/Slušaj najglasnije!, Jun. 2018
Gettin' Things Done, Slušaj najglasnije!, Jul. 2018
The Guardian, Kvakas/Akord Records/Kulturni center Maribor, 2019
Blind Boy Spectacles is a stage name of Matej Krajnc (Matt Kaye)[5] for his gospel and blues work. He records under that name for the indie label Slušaj najglasnije!.
Kaye came up with the name of Blind Boy Spectacles out of respect for old blues and gospel singers. He first used the name in 2006 for the recording of theCountry Gospel album because of the possible confusion with his other work as a singer-songwriter, writer, critic and translator. After joining the Slušaj najglasnije! label in 2010, he decided to continue his more gospel and blues oriented work in English under that name. His gospel opus is among the most notable works in the field of the modern European gospel and blues history, especially in the ex-Yugoslav countries, based on the reviews of a renowned Croatian music portal Terapija.net.[6]
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